The Bodyguard System

Scarlet stood with a serious expression on her face, mixed with anticipation as she looked at Alfie who was standing a few meters away from her. She completely ignored the murmuring of the crowd that was surrounding the ring, and simply focused on her opponent.

Alfie on the other hand looked at Scarlet with a nonchalant expression on his face. It was clear that he did not take Scarlet seriously. It was not due to Scarlet being a lady, but instead, it was due to the confidence that he possessed after the previous fight between them.

Just as Harry had said before, he only used ¾ of his strength when fighting against Scarlet. But now, in order to make sure that he was not brought here to fight again against Scarlet, he had no choice but to go all out.

In his mind, Alfie thought that if he defeated her easily, she would definitely give up on the thought of fighting against him again. He had already heard the reputation about Scarlet, and understood that she was quite stubborn.

It was just that until today, there was nobody that had put her in her place at all. And to say the truth, she was quite skilled, it was just that she did not know her limit.

Standing with his feet apart, Alfie clenched his fists. Even though his expression was nonchalant, he was fully focused on his opponent.

He was going to go all out this time, not only because he was not sure about what tricks Scarlet possessed this time, but it was just his way of doing things. He would use the most reliable means of dealing with the opponent that he would be facing.

Last time, he held back, not willing to give Scarlet a big blow to her ego. Simply put, he was not willing to make an enemy without any gains at the end of it all.

During the time that he had spent out there, he had interacted with many people, and he understood how young masters and young misses of those rich family behaved.

It might just be a normal competition, but in the end, they would hold a grudge after they had been defeated. In the current situation, Alfie would have not wanted to fight against Scarlet. But he did not have any other choice other than to fight her.

He took a deep breath, before he spoke for the first time ever since he got into the ring, "You can make the first move. I'm not sure about what gave you the confidence, but I will not be holding back this time. So, be prepared to brace yourself."

Scarlet looked at Alfie with a burning gaze. With anticipation and confidence in her eyes, she said, "You don't have to worry. You can go all out. I want to defeat you without having you holding back. I want to cleanly defeat you."

Alfie frowned upon hearing that. Could it be that this lady in front of him was brainless? Even after he had said that he was holding back previously, she still possessed the confidence of defeating him, who was using his full strength, when she could not even defeat him when he was only using ¾ of his strength?

Deciding not to say anything more, he immediately took a fighting stance. But he did not make the first move, as he had already asked Scarlet to do so.

Scarlet on the other hand did not stand on ceremony after Alfie had asked her to make the first move. So, she immediately made her move, moving towards Alfie at a high speed.

When she arrived in front of him, she had already launched a punch towards him. The punch was directed towards Alfie's chest. She did not hold back at all, just like how her opponent had said that he was not going to hold back.

In the face of the attack, Alfie reacted immediately, managing to twist his body towards the left. With that, he was able to dodge the punch.

At the same time, he could not help but be a little surprised. He could immediately tell that Scarlet had definitely improved by quite a good margin ever since the last time that they fought.

It was not only in the way that she controlled her attack, but instead, even the speed and the power in her attack was higher than before. Even though the improvement was not like doubling the speed and attack power, still, it had improved by about 30% the previous time that they fought.

For a moment there, he could not help but wonder if Scarlet was also holding back during the time that they were fighting before. After all, it was almost impossible for a person to be able to improve to such an extent over just one week.

Of course, Alfie was thinking about that, but Scarlet was attacking at the same time. Just after Alfie had managed to dodge the punch, and was about to counterattack, a kick suddenly came his way.

Rising both his hands to form a cross shape in front of him, he managed to block the attack. Still, he felt that his forearms felt a little numb after they managed to block the attack. At the same time, he was forced to retreat by about three steps.

Alfie was a little distracted when he was thinking about the improvement that Scarlet had made, and that was something that Scarlet took advantage of.

Just after Alfie had managed to block the attack, and was regaining his bearing, Scarlet had already arrived in front of him. Once again, she had launched a punch.

The speed of the punch was faster than the previous one, but the power was slightly lower. Nevertheless, it was a little troublesome if it landed.

Alfie managed to twist his head sideways, narrowly dodging the punch. As he raised his hand, intending to grab Scarlet's hand, the arm suddenly bent.

Bang!

An elbow landed on Alfie's chest, surprising him, making him retreat at the same time. He could feel the pain in the area where they attack had landed, as he looked at Scarlet who was already launching yet another attack.

Alfie stopped thinking about the source of Scarlet's improvement, and decided to focus on the fight for now. He realized that if he was a little careless, he might end up being beaten up.

At this moment, Scarlet had already launched a kick towards him. Alfie easily managed to dodge the kick by bending backwards.

But the leg that had just brushed past his face suddenly stopped, instead of landing. Instead, it suddenly made another motion, reversing, with the heel of the foot heading towards his right shoulder.

Alfie who was just straightening his body after dodging the attack had no choice but to hurriedly move backwards. He stumbled backwards, nearly fully going to the ground, due to his hurried movement and weird stance.

Bam!

Scarlet's foot landed onto the floor of the ring, making a huge sound. It was clear that if this attack had landed, Alfie would have suffered, and not by a small margin.

Alfie was just stabilizing his body, when suddenly, he saw Scarlet attacking once again. The moment that her foot landed onto the ground, she immediately used her right leg that had missed the attack, to launch herself into the air, and send a flying kick towards Alfie who was just stabilizing himself.

This time, it was impossible for Alfie to be able to retreat, and he could only take the attack of head-on. At his fastest speed, he raised his right hand to block the attack that was heading towards his head.

Bam!

The attack landed onto the arm, making Alfie wince in pain. At the same time, the arm was not able to stop the momentum of the kick, and it was pushed away. Still, it gave Alfie enough time to be able to retreat, ending that attack like that.

Without him noticing it, he had already reached the ropes that surrounded the ring. Using them, he managed to stabilize his body, and looked at Scarlet who was already charging over once again.

With a fierce glimmer in his eyes, Alfie decided not to stay on the ring receiving attacks anymore. Instead, he had to take the initiative, as he had already realized that if he gave Scarlet the chance of controlling the momentum and the flow of the fight, he might end up losing.

From the few moves that Scarlet had made, Alfie already understood that she had really improved. She definitely possessed the capital to claim that she was going to defeat him.

Getting away from the ropes of the ring, Alfie approached Scarlet. At this moment, Scarlet had launched yet another punch. This time, instead of dodging the attack, Alfie decided to take it head on.

Bam!

The punch managed to land on the forearm of his right arm. Due to the previous attack, when this attack landed, the pain that Alfie was feeling immediately magnified.

Nevertheless, he managed to ignore the pain, and still reacted, kicking towards Scarlet. There was no hesitation in his movements at all, and neither was he holding back.

Scarlet had not expected that Alfie was going to take the attack head-on. Additionally, his counter attack was extremely fast. Still, with her reaction speed, she was able to dodge the attack by bending downwards.

Her movements were extremely fast, managing to get up just after the kick had flown above her. Then, she kicked towards Alfie's standing leg.

Alfie was a little surprised as he had not expected that Scarlet was going to dodge like that. The next move that he was planning to use was immediately canceled, as he tried to avoid the kick towards his leg.